BSNL Kolkata Mobile Premier Number E-AUCTION open on 02-01-2014 at 12:00pm and will close on 16-01-2014 at 12:00pm

BSNL Mobile Premier Number E-AUCTION Process

Website: http://eauction.bsnl.co.in
The auction will open on 02-01-2014 at 12:00pm and will close on 16-01-2014 at 12:00pm

Eligibility for participating in the Auction

Participants shall be Residents of the West Bengal and shall possess the Photo and Address proof.
All the existing BSNL Mobile Post-paid & Pre-paid customers intended to change their existing Mobile No. to vanity/Premium Numbers.
Any new customers who possess resident address proof in the state can bid through their family / friend's BSNL Mobile number. However in such cases the liability to pay the amount, if declared highest shall remain with BSNL cellular subscriber from whom the bid is made.
New customers can also take a new BSNL Mobile connection on usual procedure through any of the BSNL POS and bid through the same Mobile Number. Once the vanity/Premium number is awarded being highest bidder, the change of number can be done.

Customer Registration (Free)

The customer registration is free of cost.

Customer Login:

The customers can login to the E-auction web site by providing username and password. Once the authentication is success, the customer is allowed to modify his personal details in his profile.
E-Mail ID / Mobile Number given will be taken as criteria to disallow the customer for another registration with the same parameters. The customer can opt for bidding alerts through SMS / web or from both.

Premium Number Registration (Fixed One time charge, Rs.150/-)

On successful login to the website, the customer need to select the premium number from available list, or use an option to search by giving few digits.
On viewing the Premium numbers list as desired by him, the customer can personalize the selected numbers in his viewing pattern, so that on every login, he can monitor the number for which he is in the process of bidding and the numbers for which he is intended to join for bidding.
The general view will have the list of Numbers in Level I, Level II, and Level III as per the sorting order by current highest / Lowest bid.
The customer need to select the number from available list and proceed for online payment of Registration charges of Rs. 150/-by providing details to the payment gateway option where the customer can select the payment option mode like Credit Card / Debit Card / online banking.
The customer can select more than one number and for each number the registration charge will be required to pay for participating in the bidding.

Bidding Process (Through WEBSITE):

The customer can bid for one or more number of registered Premium numbers and monitor its progress through web site or through E-Mail / SMS alerts as per his choice.
The customer can also monitor the trend in bidding for his selected Premium Numbers, so that he can join the bidding process at his choice level of bidding.
Apart from his selections, the customer will have a general view of the bidding process in progress for all premium numbers with a selection of highest going bid or the least bid number in sorting order.
The rates for different categories, like Level I, Level II, Level III are fixed for minimum base price. The customer will be given an option to bid against his choice number, the price opted should be above base price for each level and is in multiples of Rs. 100/-for an incremental value at a time.
The customers will be given a suitable alert whenever any customer bids higher than his value for his choice number. SMS will be sent to all registered bidders who have bid lower than the present customer's bid value for that number.
The bidding process stops on reaching the dead line, i.e date and time as given in website.
The results will be announced instantly with a list of first three successful bidders in the order of their bidding price for a particular number. This will be published in admin screen of website.
The first successful bidder will be chosen for completion of bid payment, submission of CAF details and receiving the SIM from the nearest Customer Service Center.
After the AUCTION completion a system generated E-Mail / SMS will be sent to the highest bidder asking him to present himself with ID proof and make payment for the number / numbers of his choice. The customer need to accept at least one premium number if he has bid for more than one.

Bidding (Through SMS):

The customer profile will have an option to allow him to participate from Mobile by sending SMS.
Once the customer decided to participate from mobile also, then the system generated PIN will be given to the customer for participating in bidding process.
This is helpful for non BSNL Customers who can follow the same process of web registration.
The customer will be given an alert in his non BSNL mobile and also he can participate in the Bidding process by using the PIN given by the system, by sending his bid through an SMS.
An acknowledgment will be sent to him confirming the acceptance of his bidding. Alternately the customer also can see his bidding status on web site.
The customer also can check the bidding process by sending SMS with defined prefix, so that the reply SMS will be sent immediately.
The customer's bidding values will be taken on first come first updated basis.

Bidding process through SMS by existing BSNL Customers

REGISTRATION:
Send SMS REGVAN for normal Registration.
Send SMS REGVAN to 56666.
Normal Registration will be charged @Rs.2/-.
VANITY NUMBER LIST:
To know the VANITY numbers list, send SMS :VLIST<SPACE><CIRCLE SHORT
CODE> <SPACE>< PATTERN> to 56666.
Eg: VLIST AP 12345 TO 56666:
Rs.2/-will be charged for the above SMS.
BIDDING:
1. 1. To know the highest bid available for your choice number send SMS :
  CHOICE<SPACE>10 digit mobile number to 56666.
  Eg: CHOICE 9400000000 to 56666.
  Rs.2/-will be charged for the above SMS.
2. 2. To participate in bidding for a vanity/premium number send SMS:
  CHOICE<SPACE><10 digit mobile number><SPACE>Y to 56666.
  Eg: CHOICE 9400000000 Y to 56666.
  (Rs.150/-will be charged for the above SMS. Now customer can be able to participate in bidding for the above registered number.)
3. 3. To bid for a Vanity number send SMS:
  CHOICE<SPACE>10 digit mobile number<SPACE>AMOUNT to 56666.
  Eg:-CHOICE 9400000000 20000 to 56666.
  (To bid for the mobile number 9400000000 at an amount Rs.20000/-) Rs.2/-will be charged for the above SMS

OTHER POINTS RELATED TO BIDDING:

For prepaid customers, the minimum balance in their account should be Rs.200/-to participate in bidding.
Bid below the minimum reserve price shall not be accepted.
At the end of auction, top three(H1,H2,H3) bidders shall be informed by BSNL, about their status and request them to provide Name, Address and details of ID. Bidders are requested to be always available on the mobile phone for future contact.
If the highest bidder H1 fails to deposit the bid amount with BSNL Nodal Officer within 5 working days of intimation, the number shall be offered to the second highest bidder H2 at his second highest bid price.
If the second highest bidder H2 fails to deposit the bid amount with BSNL Nodal Officer within 5 working days of intimation, the number shall be offered to the third highest bidder H3 at his third highest bid price.
In case a bidder, when intimated to deposit the bid amount, fails to deposit the amount, then his/her BSNL mobile number shall be debarred from all future auction of Vanity/Choice numbers.
For bidded amount applicable taxes shall be extra.
Selected bidder can have his/her choice number under any existing mobile plan(prepaid or postpaid) of BSNL. However the normal SIM/Activation charges, Security Deposit (in case of Postpaid plan) etc., shall be charged extra on actual basis.
Amount paid for the vanity number taken in auction is non-refundable.
Entire bid amount shall have to be paid in single installment before obtaining the choice vanity number.
BSNL Circle reserves the right to cancel allocation of any vanity number at any time without assigning any reason.

Approach of successful bidder for new connection:

The successful bidder can approach the nearby CSC by showing the SMS intimation for vanity / premium number.
The CSC in-charge can generate the invoice for payment of bidding amount / the balance of BID amount after deduction of required Deposits which are already paid through Auction portal.
After payment of bidding amount, the CAF alongwith all other documents should be submitted to the CSC.
The bidder can opt for any existing mobile plan(prepaid or postpaid) of BSNL. However the normal SIM/Activation charges, Security Deposit (in case of Postpaid plan) etc., shall be charged extra.
After entering the CAF details in to Sancharsoft by pairing the vanity / premium number a new basic SIM will be issued to the Customer.

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